John Stossel will test these pieces of quackery on Friday’s (4/11/08) 20/20. 

Knowing Mr. Stossel’s reasoned approach to such things, I think these will be shown for what they really are.  But I doubt it will affect the sales for these things one bit.  Sadly, the sales of them might actually increase.  Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

Just once I would like someone who sells these items and a million other “detoxifiers” to tell me in non-pseudoscientific terms exactly what these “toxins” are. Toxins are the idiot catch phrase of the worried-well in the 21st century. I guess anyone who is stupid enough to fall for this non-sense deserves what they get, but the hijacking of science to sell snake oil is a real problem.

macgyver - 11 April 2008 05:21 AM

Just once I would like someone who sells these items and a million other “detoxifiers” to tell me in non-pseudoscientific terms exactly what these “toxins” are. Toxins are the idiot catch phrase of the worried-well in the 21st century. I guess anyone who is stupid enough to fall for this non-sense deserves what they get, but the hijacking of science to sell snake oil is a real problem.

You got that right. “Detoxification” is meaningless in this context.